tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post8044098933680198027..comments2018-02-15T00:41:05.714-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Meaningful decisions must be permanent, for a short timeKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-29814352538876544282011-07-20T00:08:25.421-05:002011-07-20T00:08:25.421-05:00@Tesh: I wonder how often players would actually s...@Tesh: I wonder how often players would actually switch. While I try different strategies, I stick with terran. Maybe we&#39;d see MMO players sticking with one general grouping, and tweaking within that, rather than the WoW-style dramatic change, where one spec is entirely different from another, at least for any hybrid.<br /><br />But this is where the title comes into play, I was aiming for something like &quot;unchanged for the relevant time period&quot;, so your &#39;spec&#39; choices in Starcraft are permanent, for that game, so they last 100% of the self-contained battle. In contrast, to wrap up everything in your typical WoW-clone, you have to cover the entire life of the character, suggesting a permanent spec system but some way to change characters. I suspect I&#39;m going to fall into a pit of semantics pretty soon, so I&#39;ll leave it there.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-7188523141123858352011-07-19T16:40:52.435-05:002011-07-19T16:40:52.435-05:00This is also why Street Fighter PvP works; short r...This is also why Street Fighter PvP works; short rounds with intense decision making based on player skill, not grinding.<br /><br />...back to respeccing, I&#39;m still a proponent of full and complete MMO respecs, including class. It&#39;s still a &quot;meaningful&quot; decision as much as a character choice in SF is meaningful; it changes how I play the game for a while. That I can change later or that I changed before (cheaply or no) doesn&#39;t alter the fact that I&#39;m playing differently *now* when I change class.<br /><br />...but do you see the focus there? It&#39;s on the play, not on the achieving or the *being*. It&#39;s all about changing the day to day, moment to moment play. Since I think the journey (the play) is vastly more important than the destination, it shouldn&#39;t be a surprise that I want control over that journey.<br /><br />...and yeah, you did make it worse. I think I have a SC2 demo disc around here somewhere...Teshhttp://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-30211163019144713942011-07-19T15:14:04.165-05:002011-07-19T15:14:04.165-05:00by the way, your topic title really is paradoxical...by the way, your topic title really is paradoxical!Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-86028937513790190092011-07-19T06:26:54.872-05:002011-07-19T06:26:54.872-05:00I played all 3 options in DAO.. but I preferred Ro...I played all 3 options in DAO.. but I preferred Rogue.. I hate it when I can&#39;t open stuff by myself. Which is why my DDO wizard learned detect secret doors and knock, and instead of spellcasting bashes stuff with her stick :P<br /><br />I&#39;ve not actually tried Starcraft.. it&#39;s never been something that&#39;s piqued my interest.. which is actually weird now I come to think about it.Issyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933957795168847676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-16614990243292379302011-07-19T06:16:05.845-05:002011-07-19T06:16:05.845-05:00I rolled a mage in DAO; apparently the best choice...I rolled a mage in DAO; apparently the best choice if some guides are to be believed (cuz its op!). not a conscious choice on my part of course, I just dislike non-magical classes. ^^<br /><br />You had me thinking for a sec there that you enrolled in FFXI online (or 14) - I still hold spot in my heart for that game&#39;s class system if not much else (okay, maybe 2-3 things).<br />maybe you should give 14 a try sometime - just so I don&#39;t have to and can come and read here! =D<br /><br />oh yeah and about Starcraft: the biggest grief I have with it still is isometry. otherwise I might have been able to see past the scifi and enjoy its sunny sides.....oh well, here&#39;s to D3 hoping. or not, that&#39;s isometric again, is it not. dang.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.com